Alireza Beiranvand fumes at Persepolis officials

TEHRAN – Former Persepolis goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand lambasted the team’s officials after they didn’t respect him in the Iran Professional League title celebration.

Some $9m spent to revive 14th-century Rab’-e Rashidi

TEHRAN – A budget of 370 billion rials (about $9 million at the official dollar rate of 42,000 rials) has spent on reviving the Rab’-e Rashidi in northwestern East Azarbaijan province over the past three years, a provincial tourism chief has said.

Iran ranks first in West Asia for breast milk banks

TEHRAN – Iran ranks first in West Asia for breastfeeding of immature newborn infants, as 11 breast milk banks have been established in the country, head of mother’s milk bank of Al-Zahra hospital in the northwestern city of Tabriz has stated.

Iranian researchers extract antibiotics from marine sediments

TEHRAN – The results of a study by Iranian researchers showed that marine sediments contain antibiotic compounds that can be used in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Italian embassy responsible for depicting Tehran-Rome ‘so deep and complete’ cultural ties: envoy

Italian ambassador to Tehran Giuseppe Perrone has said that his embassy is highly responsible for depicting the richness of so deep and so complete cultural ties, which have long been developed between the two nations.

Historical cistern discovered in northeast Iran

TEHRAN – A historical Ab-Anbar (cistern) has recently been discovered in Torbat-e Heydarieh, northeast of the country, IRNA reported.

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Iran does not consider Hook’s departure as a game-changer: diplomat

Alireza Miryousefi, head of media office of Iran’s Mission to the UN, has said that top United States’ envoy for Iran Brian Hook’s departure from his post is not considered as game-changer by Iran.

Diplomat says Iran to continue supporting Lebanon

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, has said that Iran will continue supporting the Lebanese people and government.

Electricity consumption falls as weather cools down

TEHRAN – Daily electricity consumption in Iran retreated from the peak high of 58 gigawatts in the week ended on August 7 to settle around 57 GW, data released by Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC) showed.

Iranian, Italian universities to hold webinar on COVID-19

TEHRAN – Bu-Ali Sina University and Hamedan University of Medical Sciences from Iran and Bari Aldo Moro University of Italy will be holding a webinar on COVID-19 on August 11, ISNA news agency reported.

Millennia-old jug recovered in Tehran

TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated a clay jug, estimated to date back to some 4,900 years ago, from an antique smuggler in Tehran, IRNA reported. 

Sherlock Holmes stories published in Persian 

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “The Adventure of the Dancing Men and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories” by British author Arthur Conan Doyle has recently been published by Hermes Publications in Tehran.

Iran-Austria Music Event pays tribute to world medical staff

TEHRAN – A music festival named the “Iran-Austria Music Event” was held at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center on Friday to pay tribute to the medical staff around the world.

Iranian documentary on Ayatollah Khoei screened in Najaf

TEHRAN – The Owj Arts and Media Organization announced in Tehran on Saturday that it has screened a documentary on Ayatollah Seyyed Abolqassem Musavi Khoei (1899-1992), the grand scholar of Shia Muslims, at the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation in the Iraqi city of Najaf.

Iran’s National Orchestra releases “Song of Humanity” in honor of health workers

TEHRAN – Iran’s National Orchestra has released a music video titled “Song of Humanity” to acknowledge the efforts the medical staff have made in the battle with the coronavirus.

Scandinavian Intl. Film Festival to screen movies from Iran

TEHRAN – The short movies “Limit” and “Label” by Iranian filmmakers will be competing in the Scandinavian International Film Festival, which will take place in the Finnish capital of Helsinki from August 22 to 26.

Palestinian film events seek better ties with Iran Resistance festival  

TEHRAN – The organizers of the 16th edition of the Resistance International Film Festival have said that some Palestinian film events are seeking better ties with the Iranian festival.

Actress Mahchehreh Khalili dies at 44 

TEHRAN – Actress Mahchehreh Khalili, star of Iranian TV series such as “Mokhtarnameh” and “The Pahlavi Hat” and acclaimed movie “Wishbone”, has died of liver cancer in London. She was 44.

Iran to stand by Lebanese people, government: Vaezi

TEHRAN – Iran's presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi has underscored Iran’s support for Lebanon, saying Tehran is standing by the Lebanese people and government through their hardships.

UN set to roundly reject U.S. resolution on Iran: diplomats

TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council is set to roundly reject a U.S. resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran, according to UN diplomats.

Azerbaijan seeking Iranian labor, social welfare expertise

TEHRAN – Azerbaijan’s labor minister Sahel Babayev has expressed his country’s willingness to benefit from Iran’s experience in the fields of labor and social welfare.

Advisor censures Macron’s intervention in Lebanese affairs

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker, has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for interfering in the internal affairs of Lebanon, saying Lebanon can maintain its national unity and independence through unity.

Thermal power holds 92% share of Iran’s electricity output

TEHRAN – Thermal power plants are generating nearly 92 percent of Iran’s needed electricity, said Mohsen Tarztalab, head of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH).

CBI pledges to restore balance in forex market in coming weeks

TEHRAN – The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is taking necessary measures for restoring balance in the domestic foreign currency market, Tasnim reported on Saturday.

Afghanistan transits 15,000 tons of goods through Iran’s Dogharoon border

TEHRAN – Afghanistan has transited over 15,000 tons of commodities through Dogharoon border with Iran in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21.

Govt. raises $3.6b by selling stocks

TEHRAN - Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) has said that offering shares of state-owned companies has brought the government 160 trillion rials (over $3.6 billion) in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21).

Major petchem projects worth $1.6b inaugurated

TEHRAN – Three major petrochemical projects with a total investment of $1.6 billion were inaugurated in southern Bushehr and western Lorestan provinces on Thursday.

Americans have bitten off more than they could chew, Tehran says

TEHRAN – The Americans have bitten off more than they could chew when it comes to their Iran policy, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday.